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Good Source for Deck Rack mount kits?
We’re going to be rack mounting our digibeta and betasp decks
at the new facility so I’ve been looking for the proper
mounting kit with ears.so far it looks like they are priced around $ 250 each.
does that sound right?
Does anyone know any places selling these?
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The sony website should list the offical dealer for your area. See if you have any used resellers in your area. You might find a deal. HOWEVER rack rails all look similar but only work with specific gear. Sony decks only seem to match sony rails. So be careful if you go the used route. Personally I think you’ll save youself a lot of headaches if you buy the righ stuff.
joe
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yeah, I’m definitely getting the right one made for the deck.
looks like B&H has them for a reasonable cost.
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I have switched to Rack trays rather than rack mout kits. Rather than expensive kits that mod the machine a tray or just edge sliding supports are much cheaper and make it easy to move machines in and out.
examples-https://www.mfb.com.au/shelves1.html
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Hi Boris,
I have (pretty sure) an official Sony SP rack mount kit collecting dust. I can verify tomorrow when I get back to the office.
I’d be happy to help you out with a deal – say 25% of cost to move it out of the boneyard and to someone who can use it. I also have some additional Sony rails – but I only have ears for the SP deck. I got it as a duplicate with either the SP, or digibeta purchase. Can’t remember which.
Feel free to contact me off list bill_crawford(at)harborpictures(dot)com. We can do this through a private ebay sale if you’d like to.
Later,
Bill
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I saw a really nice set up using sliding trays. A cabinet maker/carpenter was hired to build it and he made 5 free standing racks out of 7/8″X7’X3′ fiber board but good plywood would do too. He bought the rack mount strips that have all the mount holes drilled and threaded and fixed them on the front. He then devised the sliding trays that he used some very heavy dudy rail sliders for and more of the same material the racks were made of for the surface of the shelf. The shelves had a little lip on the front so nothing could be accidentally slid off. When bolted together the 5 racks formed a wall and was very solid. The facility used about 4 patch bays for audio and video and the area they mounted into was set back about 5-6″ so the patch cables could hang out and still not stick out past the overall front surface of the racks keeping it neat looking and avoiding any accidental bumps or snags to the patch cables. On the back was a hinged door on each so if you stood in the back you saw a solid wall, neat and clean (made of the same stuff). Open a door and you had access to the gear. Just inside the back doors were oblong holes cut through the sides measuring about 5″X12″ with rounded corners that were spaced from the bottom to the top and all the cabling went through these channels from rack to rack. The front sides and top and the fronts of the shelves all had a 1″ strip of real oak hardwood laminated to it and it looked very classy. Gear could be bolted into the mount strips or the tray style shelves could be positioned anywhere and the decks could slide out effortlessly. Given the price of steel racks and deticated sliders this set up probablly saved them some money and it looked a whole lot nicer (cozy as opposed to industrial) plus it would cut down on stray electricity.
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Just a quick reminder here.
Remember to be careful when using sliding rack rails to mount equipment into a rack. A Digibeta is not a light machine. Make sure that you have secured your racks so that they will not tip over if you slide your deck out and change the center of gravity. I have seen an entire rack go over when two decks were pulled out for maintenance. Be careful!
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Great safety tip. Bolt all racks together to help with center of gravity. We use trays also, as Spare bays where rental decks are temporarily installed. The problem with trays is maintenance. You need to get at the top of the decks for cleaning. It’s easy to slide decks in and out on rails. If the cable harness is long enough i guess you could slide the deck onto a box or cart in front of the rack for service.
joe
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